Consultant in Renal Medicine

Clinical Interest: Peritoneal dialysis

Leadership Skills: Appropriate to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the department

Change Management: Ability to respond to and lead change within the department and wider organisation where required

Teamwork: Ability to work in clinical and non-clinical teams to ensure best practice in peritoneal dialysis

Interpersonal Skills: Excellent skills with patients, including navigating difficult communication scenarios

Research and QI: Evidence of a track record in clinical research and/or quality improvement, with publications of an appropriate standard

Research Commitment: Dedication to research activity and quality improvement to enhance the department\’s profile and performance

Personal Attributes: Dynamic and enthusiastic individual

Clinical Responsibilities: As a consultant, full responsibilities for patients within a multidisciplinary team; shared clinical responsibility with colleagues; role in meeting departmental contractual obligations for renal services; ensuring unit performance meets quality criteria

Job Plan: Varies weekly over a 48-week cycle, including up to 10 weeks of inpatient work distributed between weekend acutes at QEH and inpatient care on renal wards, with weekend on-call not exceeding 1:6 weekends, averaging 1.5 programmed activities (PA)

Additional time allocations include:

1. 1.5 SPA for revalidation, appraisal, audit
2. 0.5 SPA for educational supervision
3. 4 PA for CAPD and AKC clinics and MDT
4. 2 PA for acute internal medicine support, including weekend rota support
5. 0.5 PA for DCC, dependent on clinical interest

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